The_Max STi

Right Guys I got a small computer problem..

The case iv got is simply too small to hold all the Kit I have..



Computer spec
Dual 850Mhz Yea I know SLOW now..
1 GB of RAM
4 SCSI Cards 1 Built on
1 GF2 Ultra
1 3com Net Card
1 Soundblaster live..

The problem comes as I use to do Video editing and lots of SQL DB work.. (Made redundant recently but want to get back into the DB / Video stuff again) so I have lots of SCSI Disks and SCSI kit..

Main Boot drive Seagate 36Gb
Work Drives 18x8 GB Drives in a RAID 0 Set
Data Drives 9x4 GB Drives in a RAID 5 Set.
DAT Drive
DLT Drive
DVD RAM Drive
CD Writer
Plus some IDE Kit and as you can see in the picture some of it is not even in the case

Does any one know where you can get BIG SERVER cases that will hold most of this kit and keep it cool for not too much money…
Or have any suggestions of where I should look…

PS Any one have any 72 Pin 60Ns or better EDO Parity Memory????

Thanks Rob

ChrisB

Hang on,

Work Drives 18x8 GB Drives in a RAID 0 Set
Data Drives 9x4 GB Drives in a RAID 5 Set.

12 HD's or 27 HDs?

The_Max STi

Dohh

That should read

Work Drives 18Gbx8 Drives in a RAID 0 Set
Data Drives 9Gbx4 Drives in a RAID 5 Set.

too early in the morning... and its a monday..!!!!

ChrisB

8 x 18GB drives! That's still

ChrisB

Supermicro do a chassis with 10 SCA Hot swap bays

http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/Chassis/sc8x0.htm

Or Enlight do one with 9 5.25" bays...

http://www.enlight.nl/servers/8960_server.htm / http://www.enlight.nl

suba

holy smoke! you need a server rack for all the kits!

The_Max STi

Thanks

I dont have SCA Drives Unfortunately, so will have to look at the other..

Umm going to sound daft I know but know of any that are bigger as ive got 9Gbx7 Drives I also use but not for some time..

Supost I might bite the bullet and go IDE not that I want to

Dream Weaver

Dude - you should wash your hands before switching the monitor on

The_Max STi

Dream Weaver thats a weeks worth of Newspaper ink.. from all the blody job pages im looking at, at the moment..

But yea your right!!! Trust some one to pick up on it...


Better

suba

...and after!

ChrisB

IMO...

When you start looking at 10/20 HDs, you're into Enterprise type market who use multiple 1u/2u 10 or 12 bay SCA drive racks daisy chained off a RAID or fibre channel setup.